Come for the jokes and insight into gear, stay for the 90's references and sick jams. And lol at the guy that sold this for a drumbrute.

This guy can take any piece of gear and really make it do some awesome stuff

I love how in Ableton you kept that "How to Report a Crash" tutorial up. I've been feeling that a lot recently.

I’ve had my TR-8 for years and JUST learned how to set the gain of individual instruments thank you!! Great video as always

The TR-8S (updated version of the TR-8, that includes a digital display and dozens of other classic Roland drum kits included) is my baby that ticks all of the boxes... yet somehow this video still makes me want a TR-8. Great work!

"The sounds are spot on..." *shows screen shot of Rebirth* It's the little touches that makes this such a great show. That got a big chuckle out of me.

Came for the reviews, stayed for the badass jams. I just stumbled across your vids a few days ago and have since binged the lot. Fantastic stuff, brother!

One of the best reviews I could hope to watch - thanks .

Here I am in my office having lunch with my co-workers enjoying the stock footage of coworkers enjoying work

Okay I love the fact you chose the best of both worlds from TNG. This feels exactly what Roland wanted, an "analogue" experience with digital hardware.

What an amazing song you made with this. So warm and relaxing!

This video really brings the "album when?" questions to the spotlight. Absolute fantastic video, and equally fantastic audio demos.

that scutter voice over was spot on , and your show is rollercoaster of emotions!

I love mine. Got the expansion for it too. I think it really sounds good, and has fun features, to spice up your jams. And I love the Green accents and colored LED buttons.

Damn, I leave 2 weeks or so and have already 3 episodes to watch ! I'm glad you keep making those in the summer but I still hope you enjoy some sort of vacation !

Great video, as always. The TR8 as the Borg, what a beautiful way to start the episode! Resistance is Futile.

My first thought was that it was very bold to go after such a relatively new piece, but having used both the TR-8 and the TR-8S extensively I agreed with every single point you made.

This episode is on another level, props.

Absolutely right that paid upgrade is some absolute bollocks. Loved the show as always Florian!

Thanks for the consistently top notch content man!

Haha, another centre piece of my creativity brought into disrepute. You really should just come round my place and save yourself the hassle of any further research. 😁👍

I got mine used and already expanded with 707 sounds. I love it! Even the Return of the Jedi black & green colour scheme does it for me. I've gone into the settings and changed the TR colours on the buttons to green also, so it's like being in a sci fi movie when I use it in low light conditions. Awesome.

Excellent point about the new Akai MPC upgrade, I updated mine today and the new synth plugins add so much - the Solina Strings are wonderful...and all for free, well done Akai. My Bass Station II (and Citcuit) despite being long in the tooth is still admirably supported by Novation and their last update effectively turbo charged the synth. Unforgiveable that Roland want over 100usd for some samples which you would expect to have on the machine from the outset; these should at very least be offered to loyal Rolandites at a later date. I have been a Roland fan boy for many years but your excellent diatribes are helping me to see the light, cheers!

Always a pleasure, great work once again

"So what did they mess up this time?".... love it!!

ITS FRIDAYYYYYYYYYY HERE WE GOOOOOOO... And now, back to our scheduled show

Hi! I recently downloaded the 7x7 pack. and while I had never played with 707 sounds before I may never stop. Definitely worth the upgrade. Also I got the tr-8 because of this video. Same with your other videos for the little Yamaha sampler and the tb-3. Overall the three make an unassuming, affordable and fun rig. Thank you Mr. BadGear. Xoxo

Nice! Just received my TR-8S today and was thinking the TR-8 might be a worthy contender for your show…. et voilà! Well done!

Another great video, and another FAB Jam! Might I suggest (if you get around to it, I bet you have a LONG list by now) the Roland Verselab MV-1? A true modern conundrum of a groovebox/ drum machine/ DAWless DAW in a confusing and jumbled package? Truly worthy of a Bad Gear breakdown and demo. Thanks for the awesome videos!!!

I never took this thing seriously until I saw it in full effect in a video by Mylarmelodies. Once I realized it's a future classic in (ugly) disguise, I bought one right away. It's really fun and still the most convenient way to add the classic Roland drum sounds to your setup.

This is a great instrument :) Very nice, programmable, and sound manipulation. I may look in to this one:) Great video my friend

Your videos, as well as your musical demonstrations are still as cult !!! Danke, dass du mich zum Träumen bringen musst, mein Freund. 👍

bad gear makes my fridays 🥰🥰🥰

The cancellation of the TR8 after the TR8s was to be expected. Still think the S bring more to the table in a studio setting, but I feel like I want a TR8, just for performance. Simplicity is sometimes just what you want, when balancing a beer, smoking a blunt and playing with your d-beam….

That jam with the tr8 and blofield and company was damm good I've got an rd8 with the flam thing but you sort of killed it using that scatter👌🔥

❤️ I always enjoy these uploads! ❤️

The TR8s scatter button is one of my best friends, interesting sounds with a Roland sp404a running through it

WTAF.... You had the chance but didn't mention the crunch! When using delay number 8 put the level all the way up and tweak the time and feedback you get a lovely chruch! I'll eat that for beakfast every day! :) I love mine! And will never part with it.

I was looking for an 808-style drum machine remake a few months ago, and this was one of them on my "maybe buy" list. Seeing its limitations, I'm glad I stuck with the Behringer RD-8. Great video!

Love the TR8, for sure a bargain in the second hand market if you look at your first Drum machine. Love also your verdict , you’re totally right! Nicely done as usual!

Having to pay £100 extra just for the 606 and 707 samples is definitely my biggest gripe with this unit. Just needless

The highlight of my week, every week.

I am here! and at the first glance this video is great!

I want to point out that 1) I have the TR8 + 7x7 expansion; 2) I watched this video on my studio setup with Yamaha HS8 + HS8S sub and cranked it boom chika boom; and 3) my TR8 is now off the shelf and back to being played with. Thank you for relighting the fire here, Florian

I bought into the Aira range. I had the Tr-8, the mixer, and the TB-3 and spent many an evening jamming away. Sometimes that is the beauty of something, just fun. Yes, you could make music (ie record and master) but that was (IMHO) not what brought me joy.

I'm a big fan of both TR-8 and TR-8S. I actually like using the original TR-8 better live, and the TR-8S better to do more intricately programmed things. Both sound excellent. I was surprised by how much I liked them.

i CAN SEE WHY YOUR CHANNEL IS SO POPULAR. Thanks for the review.

Well, I've seen it a lot of times, but it really is magnificent... Those lights, the control... M8 it makes me wanna buy it

Hey love the show, I'd love to see an episode on the Yamaha QY70 as I feel it fits the general vibe of the show well. If you cant find one hit me up and I'll send you mine. Happy friday guy, thanks for the video!

omg that Rebirth screenshot 😆😆 Minidisc! Ticking all the nostalgia boxes! OK early 00’s corporate video music & stock footage is a step too far, I’m having flashbacks (good job 😆)

Great video. I'll be keeping my eye out for one of these if it's a bargain and already has the downloads.

I'll take "Things I did not expect to see here" for 500! :D Thanks for the episode as always and have a nice weekend! ❤️

The TR-8 is already a classic. It accompanied me at many performances. More versatile than you think, love it!

I was wary of the ACB stuff from Roland when first released, having owned many of their classic pieces over the years, like many others I was hoping for some real analogue units, - but once I tried the little TR-08 Boutique, around the summer of 2018, I was really surprised. I now have 5 of the boutiques, the SH-01A, Ju-06A, TR-08, TR-06, TB-03 a TR-8s, System-8 and only recently managed to get hold of an immaculate secondhand TR-8 +expansions. With superb secondhand examples going for as cheap as £200, I couldn't resist buying the 8, - although I think I paid around £350, just to get an immaculate, as new, example...

Is it weird that i've watched some of these episodes so many times I have unwillingly memorized some dialogue? Top KZfaq show

Wie immer: ein sehr cooles Video! Danke dafür 🙂 Zur TR-8: Der Grundsatz "Weniger ist mehr" gilt hier für mich persönlich absolut. Rasch viel liefern ohne stundenlanges Nachlesen im Handbuch, kein Menu-Diving wie bei der TR-8S. Ich habe meine erste TR-8 verkauft, weil ich mir eine TR-8s gekauft habe. Ich wurde aber nie glücklich damit und habe meinen Entscheid, die TR-8 wegzugeben, zu tiefst bereut.

Sequencing this thing with an external sequencer like the Beatstep Pro over midi wil REALLY give it more depth. Also: Get a second hand one with the upgrades for 707, 727 and 606 included. They are about 300 bucks. Great value for money. I love this thing. It sounds amazing, Roland's ACB absolutely nails the sounds of their own classic drum machines. Fuck all the naysayers! :-)

I've always enjoyed the green-ness of it. and the sound.

Despite having reverted back to being a metal guitarist ,your channel is one of my favorites and as they would say in Swiss German but with bad spelling, " Du bisch e geile siech" which strangely keeps me hoping that they never stop making bad gear .

Just rewatching this and I laughed out loud at the inspirational business montage.

Sometimes I get worried that you're going to run out of Bad Gear to review, but then I realised that won't be a problem while Roland is still in business!

"bald claim" - LMAO!! :D :D wether it was intentional or not - made my day!

I had my TR-8 for sale on reverb until I saw this, I'm keeping it now, thanks for making me sense!

That little scatter jam in the middle is one of your best yet

The 707 is my most used kit on this. Also the 909 kick through distortion gets wild.

Got a tr-8s but I always come crawling back to the tr-8 😂. Very easy to just get into making drum loops. The tr-8s just feels overly complicated. I’m still a noob after a few years so maybe it’s me.

das mpc update ist der wahnsinn. ich krieg die karre nur noch kurz aus um deine videos zu gucken. :)

That is the best drum machine I ever had. 29 tracks later. It was sold so I can now use a sampler, MPCX. I was going for Mc707 or TR8s but went with a true sampler. That acb is legit

I use my tr8 all the time. It's fun!

ski-ba-bop-ba-dop-bop, I'm the scatter man

I had this first but upgraded to the TR8S...then I sold my TR8S... missed it and brought it again a month later. That says enough right there... it's awesome.

oh man for a second I thought you were doing the TR 8s lol I'm like "wait isn't that a fairly universally loved drum machine?!" lol I know next to nothing about the previous model so I can't wait to dig in!

Another review on a piece of gear I own.

Finally discussing a machine I have Actually not bad gear 😋

The TR8 is a wonderful piece of gear! It's so unroland like when it comes to the workflow! It just works!! Very Well! Shocked 😮! And pleased!

that footage of a guy putting a white square in a frame up next to a photo of you on a white wall - love it :D

Love the show, still want you to track down a zoom street box drum machine!

Auch wenn acid ziemlich einfach zu programmieren ist ( wenn man es als erfahrener Musiker mal genau nimmt) Aber du schüttelts mal wirklich paar coole lines hin . 👍🏻🎹🎶

TR8 is a great drum machine. No parameter locking but did offer complete MIDI CC control over all the parameters including scatter depth and pattern selection tuning and decay for all instruments.

I love how this show points out everything bad about a bit of gear and then makes said bit of gear sound great.

7:27 hahaha you nailed it with the "inspirational" corporate videos lmao

Behringer is waking up Roland to create new unique instruments, one classic at a time.. thankfully The Matrix colour scheme didn't lure me into grabbing one of these. My volca drum still keeps me very happy to this day as a percussion/tone generator. You look so futuristic in a turtle neck

This channel wouldn't be half as great without your accent. Good stuff.

Bruh, got me sold on your channel within the first 3 seconds, just gonna go ahead and hit that subscribe button. lol

It's a very "in demand" unit these days. It's pluses outweigh it's minuses and I ALWAYS thought it's 808 and 909 emulations were dead on.

As an older drummer who is mainly into EDM music I have to say I find it kind of odd how much old school electronic drum sounds still permeate most, if not all, dance music even now in 2022 some 40 years after the 808. The sounds in something like the TR-8 are barely any different from what I have in my old MC-307 Groovebox. So I have to wonder is it the fact that most EDM music makers are not actually drummers with a kit to record so this is just what they use and are used to and or is it mostly a European thing? For example, you'll find USA west coast bass music, neurofunk, future funk, etc, using a lot different and more modern, more realistic full drum sounds and samples (via DAW) and not any "OG" sounding machines like this which seem to still permeate hiphop, house, and techno. I definitely enjoy both styles but am also very surprised by how much the vintage drum machine sounds have stayed around, as again they are not that much different than their original counter-parts. Lastly, I've yet to hear any modern drum machine, synth based or sample based, including Roland drum pads like the SPD-SX or SPD-30 have any sort of modern, fuller, drum sounds. I'm 50 btw, and after a 20 year hiatus am diving back into playing as a DJ-Drummer. My IG is HydBtr.

Brilliant. love the montage! well done dude. HA

Maybe it's the coffee talking but that was an exceptionally fun episode. Keep up the great work.

The stock footage video was a very disturbing match to your Royalty Free Music Tracks From Only One Dollar Downtempo AF Orchestral Glo-Fi Ballad. I definitely need a drink to recover from that!

I laugh a lot with "What did they mess up this time"... Ah Roland... They were good 35 years ago...

The last jam had such a wholesome and optimistic stock music video!

Ahhh, a Bad Gear episode on a gear I'm looking for! Thank you for all of your videos 👌 It's been a month or so that I daily watch KZfaq videos or read stuff about drum machines, I'm looking for a simple but effective drum box to have fun with, with no menu diving to do sound design. I first took a look at the Drumbrute but the sounds are not for me, it seems that I'm an other Roland drum sounds guy 😅 I found some units for 150/200 bucks with the 7x7 expansion, hard to find something to compete in that price. The Volca Drum is interesting but not sure about the knobs solidity and have enough space around for my big fingers 😅 this conclusion helps me to take the right decision 👍 have a nice day!

I'll admit the 707 expansion is a bit pricey. However, it's worth noting that the Roland ACB tech isn't samples...even on sampled based units like the 707/727, Roland also modeled the non-pristine converters and signal path of the original units.

The first drum machine that implements paid downloable content.... Roland always one step ahead !

Ha! I have one of these. I haven't tried any of the latter things you have done with it though. Awesome vid yet again.

Ahhhh... I see what you did there with the episode thumbnail and TNG. Well played.

ahhh my fridaily dosis of gear pr0n.

Yes

Another great video. Am I the only one thinking that the jam at 6:10 has some serious Chris & Cosey-vibes to it? :)

I'm a simple musician! I see bad Gear video release, I watch it! Thanks!!!